Clean Sweep

CHENNAI: Ravichandran Ashwin led a devastating spin attack as India thrashed New Zealand by eight wickets in the fifth and final one-day international on Friday for a 5-0 clean sweep of the series. Scorecard The off-spinner grabbed three wickets for 24 runs off eight overs to help the hosts bowl out New Zealand for 103 off 27 overs before India coasted to the target with almost 29 overs to spare. Part-time spinners Yuvraj Singh...

AHMEDABAD: Giving a jolt to the Congress, the BJP has won 34 out of 46 seats in by-polls to various local bodies of the state. Gujarat State Election Commission declared the results here today. Welcoming the by-poll results, Gujarat state BJP spokesperson I K Jadeja said BJP has snatched many seats from Congress. "Out of four district panchayat seats , three were held by the Congress earlier. Thus, we have made a clean sweep by winning all the...

NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday appeared to be set for a clean sweep in Delhi with latest trends showing that its candidates were ahead in all the seven Lok Sabha constituencies. Union Minister Kapil Sibal was leading by 47,152 votes over his nearest BJP rival Vijender Gupta in Chandni Chowk constituency from where he was elected last time. Another Union Minister Ajay Maken was ahead of his nearest BJP rival Vijay Goel by 8,013 votes in New Delhi seat. Chief Minister...

The 54th Idea Filmfare Awards draws to a close with 'Jodha Akbar' making a clean sweep taking home the Best Movie, Director, Actor, Lyrics and Background Score awards. Priyanka Chopra wins the Best Actress award for 'Fashion'. AND THE AWARD GOES TO Best Movie: Jodha Akbar Best Director: Ashutosh Gowarikar for Jodha Akbar Best Actor in a Leading role (Male): Hrithik Roshan for Jodha Akbar Best Actor in a...

CHENNAI: Putting up a brave face in the wake of total annihilation of his party, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today vowed to continue to work to win people's confidence as he greeted BJP and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on its "big win". "I extend my greetings and that of DMK to BJP and Narendra Modi, who is going to take over as the Prime Minister, for the big win across India," he said in a statement. The 89-year-old patriarch's response came amid strong...

On a sunny afternoon last Monday, 24 men sat hunched in a circle, talking animatedly at a dimly lit hall in the BJP city office in central Vadodara. They were a group of safai kamdar, sweepers and cleaners of drainages, allied to the BJP, or rather Narendra Modi, the party's candidate for prime minister who is contesting from Vadodara. The meeting had become something of a ritual in recent weeks, but the agenda was singular every day: take stock of...

NEW DELHI: When Congress president Sonia Gandhi undertook road shows in Haryana even before poll dates were announced, the party sensed a big political wave in its favour. A massive win was likely, and party workers were expecting victories in at least 9 out of 10 Lok Sabha seats. However, intra-party fight at the highest level, coupled with reckless shifting of candidates from one constituency to another, have now put big question marks on at least four to five seats. Already, the...

NEW DELHI: Standing on the cusp of history, an upbeat India will go for the kill against a beleaguered Australia as they aim for an unprecedented 4-0 clean sweep by inflicting another defeat on the visitors in the fourth and final cricket Test starting here tomorrow. Although the Indian team under Mohammed Azharuddin enjoyed a clean sweep against Graham Gooch's England back in 1993 but it was a three-Test series. In their...

CHENNAI: As the campaigning by parties in Tamil Nadu for the Lok Sabha elections came to an end on Monday, political observers predicted that Tamil Nadu may break the tradition of giving a clean sweep to either of the fronts. However, from the start, by virtue of its strong alliance (PMK, MDMK CPI and CPM), the AIADMK front led by J Jayalalithaa seems to be having an edge over DMK. Political observers feel the AIADMK front is expected to win 25 to 30 seats and play a decisive role in the...

NEW DELHI: In a verdict that is certain to reinforce Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurrappa's image as the tallest leader in the state, notwithstanding the graft charges hurled at him by the Congress, the ruling BJP has made a clean sweep of the bye-elections to three assembly seats in the state. The BJP's win in Chennapatna, Bangarpet and Jagalur, however, coincided with a Supreme Court ruling setting aside Karnataka assembly...

CHENNAI: As the lacklustre campaigning by the parties in Tamil Nadu for the Lok Sabha elections on May 13 came to an end on Monday, it is keenly watched if the state will retain its record of giving a clear mandate for maintaining political stability at the centre. The general feeling among the voters belonging to different sections of society is that unlike in the last 2004 it will not be a clean sweep ( winning all the 40 seats) for either of the fronts....

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today claimed that there was no Modi wave in the state and Congress would make a clean sweep in the April-9 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state. "Modi's last Arunachal visit proved lucky for us. We won eleven Assembly constituencies unopposed! I have full confidence that his second visit would bring more luck to us. We'll sweep the Assembly and Parliamentary elections," Tuki told an election rally at Dambuk in Lower Dibang...

NEW DELHI: When fledgling Aam Aadmi party was alloted 'broom' as its poll symbol just 100 days back, there may have been ominous signs for Congress which ruled Delhi for 15 straight years if one went by some historic broom lore. And Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, which had its roots in the civil society's historic anti-corruption movement spearheaded by Gandhian Anna Hazare that brought government on its knees in mid-2011, made an old...

In July 2004, shortly after the UPA government came to power, finance minister P Chidambaram in his first Budget speech under the new regime announced that he would initiate steps to integrate the commodities and securities markets. There was much resistance to the proposal then from the consumer affairs ministry headed by the powerful Sharad Pawar. C Rangarajan, chairman of the PM's Economic Advisory Council, was told to work out a solution. The recommendation was to...

Car care is no more a driver's job. Noida-based car spa workshops are some of the few, who are providing affordable car servicing. Car owners are getting their four-wheels decked up, and are waking up to mechanised cleaning and detailing of cars. Exppress Car Wash, a professional mechanised cleaning solution provider based in Noida has been in the business for over three years now and has expanded its business beyond NCR by opening more than 20 outlets through franchising....

NEW DELHI: India today completed a historic 4-0 clean sweep against Australia by recording an emphatic six-wicket victory in the fourth and final cricket Test here today. On a Feroze Shah Kotla track which is not conducive for good batting, India chased down a tricky target of 155, largely due to Cheteshwar Pujara's dazzling strokeplay as the home team recorded their biggest ever series win in the 81-year history inside three days. ...

CHENNAI: AIADMK today said it was surprised by the projected 'landslide victory' for it in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections . AIADMK Organising Secretary S Semmalai told Doordarshan that the results were 'beyond our expectations'. "It is a positive vote for us and a negative vote for the DMK Government," he said as the AIADMK appeared set for a clean sweep leading in over 170 seats in the 234-member assembly.

NEW DELHI: Standing on the cusp of history, an upbeat India will go for the kill against a beleaguered Australia as they aim for an unprecedented 4-0 clean sweep by inflicting another defeat on the visitors in the fourth and final cricket Test starting here tomorrow. Although the Indian team under Mohammed Azharuddin enjoyed a clean sweep against Graham Gooch's England back in 1993 but it was a three-Test series. In their 81-year history of Test cricket, India have...

Harit Mehta analyses different scenarios in the House of 182 that could confront Modi after the results are out on Dec 20 SCENARIO 1: Fewer than 92 seats Sanyas ashram Either Congress forms the government or Keshubhai ensures support for the BJP provided Modi is not the CM. He loses power here but, more importantly, his flight to Delhi crash-lands. Apart from the opposition, knives will be out in Modi's own party where a powerful section of the leadership is resentful of his...